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Maria Firmina dos Reis (1825 -1917)
Maria Firmina dos Reis was the founding mother of Afro-Brazilian literature. Her novel, Úrsula (1859), was the first abolitionist novel...
John A. Williams (1925-2015)
John A. Williams was an American writer, academic, and journalist. He is best known for his explorations of black identity...
Teju Cole (1975- )
Teju Cole is a photographer, art historian, and an award-winning author of four books which display the wide range of his interests: Every Day is for...
Paul Beatty (1962- )
Paul Beatty is an African American author, poet, essayist, and professor who is credited with the creation of the “hip-hop” novel. Beatty was born...
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837)
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin is considered by many literary critics and people around the world as Russia’s greatest poet, author, and the founder of...
Ishmael Beah (1980- )
Ishmael Beah is a Sierra Leonean author and human rights activist who rose to fame with his personal history, A...
